09-01-2016 ■ The local organization NAD (New Action for Development) was founded to improve the image of Burundi at the international level and protect the Burundi youth from manipulators. Joseph Maniramfasha, the legal representative of the NGO, explained that their objectives are to fight “disinformation and rumours about Burundi propagated by (...)

08-22-2016 ■ Four Burundian army officers have deserted after the completion of their studies in Ethiopia. Reportedly, they feared for their security. But Col. Gaspard Baratuza says the soldiers’ fear was caused by false information on social media. Those officers are said to have asked for a political asylum because they (...)

08-11-2016 ■ A second body was not easily removed from the Mubarazi River. Journalists have found that the body was loaded with a bag of rocks. Another macabre surprise : Before the execution, murderers had put a bandage around the head of the victim (Additional Information will follow) (...)

08-11-2016 ■ “In the early morning of 9th August, we saw a car that seemed to be abandoned in a gutter on the street commonly called “Kuba chinois” in Kinindo area, south of Bujumbura. We were surprised because we didn’t know what had happened,” said a shopkeeper met there. He explained (...)

08-08-2016 ■ Nothing shows that the body discovered by Iwacu was that of journalist Jean Bigirimana. We will soon be well-informed. But whoever he is, he deserves to be buried. After three consecutive days of investigations on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Iwacu journalists finally found a body in the area where (...)

08-05-2016 ■ Carina Tertsakian, the head of Burundi program at Human Rights Watch reacts to the abduction of our colleague and estimates that the police should do their job. What is your analysis two weeks after the abduction of Jean Bigirimana? Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned about the disappearance of (...)

08-04-2016 ■ The prominent human rights activist, APRODH chairman, advises Burundians to shun divisions and revenge. “Keep courage and say no to temptations to ethnic divisions, as well as to hate and all kinds of incendiary speeches regardless of where they come from”. That is a piece of advice to Burundian (...)

08-03-2016 ■ “Burundi is astonished to hear about the precipitated pathway of the UN Security Council to vote for the 2303 resolution”, declares Philippe Nzobonariba, the spokesperson of the Burundian Government in the statement issued on 2 August. The Council adopted on 29 July a new resolution with a recorded vote (...)

08-03-2016 ■ After Boaz Ntaconayigize, a journalist at Radio Bonesha FM exiled in Uganda was assaulted by four men armed with knives near his residence; the Chairman of Burundian Journalists Union (UBJ) expresses his deep concern about the escalation of violations of journalists’ rights up to their places of refuge. In (...)

08-01-2016 ■ The Burundi police mission in Central African Republic terminates their peacekeeping mandate. They are all expected to arrive in Bujumbura this 1st August. Some organizations appreciate the decision taken by the UN. About 280 Burundi police peacekeepers in Central African Republic are to be back to Burundi this Monday, (...)